A CHANGE of menu has paid off for a city hotel as it won the best pub burger award for the first time.

The Hackney Hotel won the South Australian chapter of the Australian Hotel Association's annual award for the best pub burger for its rendition of a traditional American burger.

Chef Kirsten Csibra, who cooked the burger at the competition in the Goyder Pavilion of the Adelaide Showground today, said the double-decker wagyu burger was inspired by the classic American burger of cheddar cheese, mustard, tomato and egg.

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